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Laura sits down with Stephen Kaufman of the Christian Vegetarian Association to talk about what it means to be a vegan with faith and how to address those religious relatives who ask us challenging questions.

Check out CVA’s website and all the wonderful resources they have available there.

Dr. Kaufman’s book Good News for all Creation: Vegetarianism as Christian Stewardship can be purchased here.

Did you know that we now have a pill that can actually PREVENT HIV infection by up to 99% when taken daily?

If you didn’t know… Now you do. After listening to today’s episode, you will be an expert on Truvada, which is known as PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis). You will be able to talk to your friends and loved ones about how it prevents HIV infection, how to actually get access to it, and pretty much any other questions you might have — they’ll be answered in this episode.

This is my personal plea with each of you to take on sharing this information with the people you care about, however you choose to do that: share this episode with them, have a conversation with them, etc.

PLAY: Spirochete by Arnold Sungaard (about the controversy about the cure for syphilis)
VIDEO: Honey LaBronx speaks out about PrEP (*NOTE: Some of this information is now outdated — please see this episode or the above links for updated info.)
STUDY: The IPERGAY Study (France) which looks at new possible dosage methods for Truvada)
STUDY: The Partners Trial which follows serodiscordant couples (where one is HIV positive, and one is HIV negative)

A HISTORY OF HYSTERIA:
Just for fun… let’s remember that throughout history, a cure for syphilis was considered controversial because some thought that people who engaged in sex outside of marriage should suffer the consequences, even if they were fatal. Even SEAT BELTS were controversial when first introduced, because people thought they would encourage speeding! Also controversial was birth control… condoms… and of course now PrEP/Truvada.

Ben & Laura get their chat on in a serious way about Vegan Street Fair, the heartbreak of NYC’s loss of The Cinnamon Snail AND San Francisco’s scramble to kickstart a new location for Millennium, plus the legendary Ringling Brothers’ decision to phase out elephant acts and MORE. They may or may not have mentioned the premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race too.

…Just google it for into?
Be a part of this monumental evening where Honey discusses the use of Truvada or PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) as a once-daily remedy to prevent HIV infection! That’s right! HIV can now actually be PREVENTED with a single daily pill. This has been around for three and a half years yet NOBODY is talking about it! So Honey is gonna give ‘em something to talk about!

Ben & Laura battle some technical glitches as they try to bring you an episode in time for the holidays. We know. We’ve been irregular. It’s not because we don’t love you.

In this episode we take on politicians trying out veganism, an update in the fight to ban horse carriages in NYC, stupid milk (and stupid Coca Cola) and why they’re anti feminist, and how what could have been an awesome win for animal rights was thwarted by New York State.

We also answer some listener email, and AGAIN we ran out of time before getting around to some very outdated voice mails. To those of you who have been leaving us voice messages, dear God, please stay with us! We love you, and we applaud your patience. Next episode, WE PROMISE!!!

Today Laura & Ben get together for their first regular episode in a while. Thanks for your patience while BOTH of us moved into new apartments!! It’s been an ordeal, but we’re both ready to get back in the swing of bringing you more regular content.

In this episode we talk about so much random stuff, that we completely forgot to talk about Halloween! So Ben threw a mention of Halloween in there toward the end. Thank God for post-production. We’re sure you’ll find it extra spooky!

Today I spoke with Murry Cohen & Rick Bogle about Vivisection, and specifically the Maternal Detachment experiments being conducted on baby monkeys at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Murry Cohen is a psychiatrist living and practicing in Virginia who treats adults with depression and substance abuse problems who has written several opinion pieces about the UW Primate Tests for Madison papers and has worked on other animal testing issues nationally.

Rick Bogle is a longtime AR activist, former co-director of Alliance for Animals, who has been working on primate issues for a very long time – he writes the Primate Research Blogspot as well as having multiple youtube videos out on this topic: http://primateresearch.blogspot.com/

…and a huge shout-out and THANK YOU to Big Fat Vegan Radio listener Sara Andrews who brought this issue to our attention and helped coordinate the interview. Sara, on behalf of the animals, thank you for all the work you’ve done on this!